For around ¥4,000 an hour you can have a girlfriend or boyfriend. Well, you can have what’s nice about having a partner without the physical stuff, at any rate. Rental friends have been around for a while in many places and the ones in Japan have often disproportionately been given space by the foreign media….

After it got big media attention last year, designer Kaori Kato‘s novel if creepy “flip-a-skirt” calendar has returned with a new edition for 2014. We weren’t sure what to make of it when we blogged about the skirt-lifting calendar last year. Now we have been thoroughly won over by its charms. Like in 2013 you…

Japanese TV is disgraceful at times. Here is the shocking image from a TV show broadcast on state channel NHK. It shows quite clearly a young child fondling a certain member. What a scandal! Hang on, it’s not human. Does this make it worse? Is it bestiality as well as prepubescent porn? Well, no. But…

When we think of Japanese virginal girls, we tend to think of cute girls like this. But there were another kind. The Ojiroku and Obasa was a rural custom that is said to have continued until the twentieth century. They weren’t allowed contact with anyone except the oldest son and could not marry, instead being…

In desperate need of a smooch? No girl around for a good kiss when you want one? Have this in your pocket for such situations! Gashapon capsule toys are one of the most famous kinds of Japanese vending machines and come in all shapes and sizes. Saying that, they are usually something to do with…

Take a look at the the lovlies competing in the Komaba High School’s Miss Tsukukoma beauty pageant. The beauties were all dolled up in make-up and mini skirts for the annual recent Tsukuba Cultural Festival. Which do you think is the hottest? But before you start licking your lips and getting horny, you should be…

We all like a nice knob. But some people like a knob more than others, especially the door knob. While usually relegated to the purely functional task of opening or closing doors, knobs have other charms and two people have been exploring the girls who know this. Photographer Ai Ehara and manga-ka/illustrator Ryuko Azuma started…

In early September we blogged about the exciting news that yet another former AKB48 starlet had made the logical jump from minor idol fame to JAV porn legend. As one of our readers commented, “It almost seems that the girl groups are designed to create future porn stars.” So Risa Naruse (born 1993) was re-christened…

We’re reaching that age when the ladies a little older than us who we loved as youngsters are getting to the tipping point. Kanako Kojima (小島可奈子) is one. We’ve eulogized her assets before, this svelte, charming lady who does not mind trying her luck with the “hair nude” photo shoot. Now comes the news that…

The Tokyo Motor Show is the biggest event in the calendar for Japan’s huge automotive industry. It is the series of days in which it showcases its latest models and futuristic concept cars both for the world press, industry people and the general public. There are lots of cars, motorbikes and other innovative forms of…